Ubisoft has released a new video for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flags, the next chapter in the Assassin’s Creed series in the works at Ubisoft Montreal with support from Ubisoft studios in Annecy, Bucharest, Kiev, Quebec, Singapore and Sofia, and also announced details for the Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Collector’s Editions, available exclusively in EMEA territories along with a new online VIP program called THE WATCH.

The Buccaneer Edition (exclusive to Game in the UK & GameStop in Ireland) includes the artbook, soundtrack, lithographs, in-game content, collector’s box, and an Edward Kenway Figure. That’s available at GAME in the UK and GameStop in Ireland.

The Skull Edition, (available UK market-wide) swaps out the Kenway figure and collector’s box for a “Jumbo Steel Case.” while the standard-price Special Editioncomes with all the existing additional unlockable in-game doodads, and it can only be found at GAME in the UK and Xtravision in Ireland.

THE WATCH is a new VIP program accessible as a pre-order bonus which offers unique content that goes deeper into the Assassin’s Creed universe, granting exclusive access to additional information, bonus content, rewards and the opportunity to take part in an exclusive quest designed specifically for VIP members. Customers who register for THE WATCH will become a member of a select community of Assassin’s Creed fans who can participate in online discussions, upload their own content and compare their skills and achievements! More information can be found here.

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flags which has been development for nearly two years, introduces Edward Kenway, an all new hero, and setting, and promises to feature the most diverse and seamless Assassin’s Creed world ever created.

Edward Kenway, is a young British man who falls from privateering for the Royal Navy into piracy as the war between the major Empires comes to an end and soon finds himself embroiled in the ancient war between Assassins and Templars. The game will take you on a journey throughout the West Indies during a turbulent and violent period of time later to become known as the Golden Age of Pirates.and will feature some of the most nototious pirates of the most notorious pirates of the such as Blackbeard and Charles Vane.